patriarcha

Latin

Alternative forms

• patriarchēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈar.kʰa/, [pa.trɪˈar.kʰa]

Noun

patriarcha m (genitive patriarchae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) patriarch (all senses)

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	patriarcha	patriarchae
Genitive	patriarchae	patriarchūm patriarchārum
Dative	patriarchae	patriarchīs
Accusative	patriarcham	patriarchās
Ablative	patriarchā	patriarchīs
Vocative	patriarcha	patriarchae

Derived terms

• patriarchālis
• patriarchātus
• patriarchor

Related terms

• patriarchicon
• patriarchicus
• patriarchia
• patriarchissa
• patriarchium

Descendants

• French: patriarche
• Italian: patriarca
• Polish: patriarcha

References

• pătrĭarcha and pătrĭarches in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PATRIARCHÆ in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pătrĭarcha (-ēs) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,125/3
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “patriarcha”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 773–774
• patriarcha in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 27.02.03) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Polish

Noun

patriarcha m pers

1. patriarch

Declension

declension of patriarcha

	singular	plural
nominative	patriarcha	patriarchowie
genitive	patriarchy	patriarchów
dative	patriarsze	patriarchom
accusative	patriarchę	patriarchów
instrumental	patriarchą	patriarchami
locative	patriarsze	patriarchach
vocative	patriarcho	patriarchowie

Related terms

• patriarchat

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Portuguese

Noun

patriarcha m (plural patriarchas)

1. Obsolete spelling of patriarca (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).